Reddit pulse / page 12
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
Wish you could recycle something that isn't actually recyclable? That's called wishcycling, and some B.C. municipalities are cracking down on it. The contamination is messing up sorting facilities.
Market shift is hitting presale condo buyers hard. Some are walking away from purchases, and developers are taking legal action. It's getting messy.
northwest marine drive at spanish banks is closing monday for two months while they replace a culvert so salmon can actually get upstream. bring alternate routes.
someone posted a photo of lost lagoon frozen over in 1933 and people are losing it over how wild vancouver looked back then — skating in the middle of the city, ice thick enough to play on.
someone's giving away two free lawn tickets to Alabama Shakes at the Freedom Mobile Arch tonight. show starts at 7, but heads up — it's pouring rain and the lawn isn't covered.
photographer just dropped long exposures from YVR that are stunning — light trails and motion blur catching the airport's scale in a totally different way.
Now that the World Cup fan zone is wrapping up, Granville Street businesses are divided on whether the street can hold onto the crowds and energy from the past month. Some are optimistic; others worry the momentum will fade.
A new ranking of global tourist destinations put Vancouver surprisingly low on the culture and history scale. The city landed at number 70, raising questions about how the world perceives Vancity's heritage and cultural offerings.
Saturna Island has some of the best hikes in the Gulf Islands — Brown Ridge especially offers incredible views. The diving from Narvaez Bay is the only spot around with kelp forests, though they've been shrinking over the past few years. Worth a day trip if you're up for a ferry.
Someone posted archival photos of the downtown skyline and Stanley Park Causeway from 1974 and everyone's comparing them to now. The difference is wild.
Someone got injured trying to stop a fight at Sasamat Lake. Police have been pretty busy out there lately.
Vancouver artist Tyler Toews just dropped a new octopus mural somewhere in the city. Reddit's already hunting for it.
Sunset tonight was painting the sky. People across the city are posting photos from everywhere—English Bay, the seawall, rooftops. The kind of sky that stops you mid-commute.
so this art YouTuber a bunch of people follow just revealed they're a Vancity local and they've been posting indie art projects around the city the whole time. people are now like "wait, THAT was Vancouver?" connecting dots on videos they've already seen.
someone's giving away a free ticket to Chinese American Bear at the Fox tonight—show starts at 7:30. first to comment gets it.
Young the Giant playing at Thunderbird Stadium in like an hour—someone's giving away free tickets. dm or tag them if you want to go.
The Pear Lake wildfire is burning dangerously close to Kelly Lake substation — the main point where Peace River hydroelectric power enters the Lower Mainland grid. Clinton's been evacuated, the substation's in the evacuation order. If it goes down, major outages could hit the whole region.
Window seat views of the Rocky Mountains on flights from Edmonton to Vancouver are hitting different. The scenic route has locals and travellers debating the eternal question: window or aisle?
Security concerns are being raised as the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion gets flagged for federal fast-tracking. The project would increase the port facility's container capacity by 50 percent.
the indoor go-karting venue in Richmond that was already closed earlier in the month is now permanently shut down, and it owes $68K in unpaid rent. another closure adding to the rough stretch for the area.
